School district · Massachusetts
Watertown
Watertown in Massachusetts: 5 public schools with 2,844 students and 10.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $31,050 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,844
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- MA 11.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $31,050
- MA $26.5K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 276
- Counselors (FTE)
- 12.5
- Students per counselor
- 228
- MA 334 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 6.0
- Librarians (FTE): 2.5
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$22.8K15
$22.2K16
$22.5K17
$23.2K18
$24.5K19
$25.7K20
$27.9K21
$29.8K22
$29.9K23
$31.1K24
- Federal
- 5.0% · $5.2M
- State
- 18% · $19.3M
- Local
- 77% · $80.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $20,170
- Support services
- $10,058
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $14.9M
- Long-term debt
- $6.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
CunniffFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 320 | 8.0 |
HosmerFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 758 | 10.7 |
James Russell LowellFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 422 | 9.8 |
Watertown MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 583 | 10.8 |
Watertown HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 761 | 11.1 |
Sources
- Address
- 30 Common Street, Watertown, MA 02472
- Phone
- (617)926-7700
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).